Entrepreneurship

With 3G Internet access, people worldwide from fishermen to Internet cafe owners can benefit from specialized wireless applications that allow them to access real-time data, helping them maintain a more efficient and profitable business. Store owners can become the “payphone” of their small village, selling telephony services to their friends and neighbors; farmers can access critical weather information and market prices; and a software developer can create the next ground-breaking application.
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China

China

In collaboration with China Unicom and the international non-governmental organization, PlaNet Finance, Qualcomm donated 2,000 CDMA2000 handsets that were pre-charged with a monthly service voucher (good for up to two years) donated by China Unicom.

India

India

To help support the agriculture industry and reach the rural population, Wireless Reach engaged in a pilot project with ISAP and United Villages Networks to develop vBay, a BREW-enabled mobile classifieds application for rural agri-entrepreneurs to be deployed in the villages of Orissa and Rajasthan.

Indonesia - Mobile Microfranchising

Indonesia - Mobile Microfranchising

For the last four years, Wireless Reach and Grameen Foundation have collaborated with Bakrie Telecom and Ruma, a local social enterprise, to evaluate, test and build the foundation for a Mobile Microfranchise program in Indonesia.

Indonesia - Global Ready

Indonesia - Global Ready

Economically disadvantaged students in Palembang, Indonesia are now using advanced wireless technology to access IT training and gain the skills necessary to compete successfully in the modern global economy due to the Wireless Reach project, with partners SRA, Indosat, and PalComTech.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Wireless Reach has collaborated with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Dialog Telekom PLC and Synergy Strategies Group on a project to support small businesses in rural Sri Lanka, as well as connect Sri Lankans to the rest of the world with high-speed Internet access.

Tanzania

Tanzania

In 2009, Wireless Reach with the GSMA Development Fund and Vodacom Tanzania announced a project that would bring local entrepreneurs a new business opportunity and a much needed resource to three communities throughout northern, central and eastern Tanzania – access to high-speed wireless Internet connectivity.